A great exchange rate, ChatGPT, and kimono-wearing bros have turned Kyoto into the loveliest tourist trap on earth.

(AP) TOKYO - Thousands of people in southern Japan remained cut off Sunday by floods and mudslides triggered by torrential rains that have killed at least 26 people, local authorities said.

Thousands of people in southern Japan remained cut off Sunday by floods and mudslides triggered by torrential rains that have killed at least 26 people, local authorities said.

A water pipe burst near Gojo-Takakura, a famous area in Kyoto, on Wednesday, April 30, causing roads to flood and traffic restrictions. RESTRICTIONS AND USAGE TERMS: Please credit “@negoto_sr400 ...

Underground water leak floods Kyoto streets. A massive underground water leak early Wednesday flooded the streets near an intersection on National Route 1 in Shimogyo Ward in ... THE JAPAN TIMES LTD.

KYOTO—This ancient capital is considering becoming the first city in Japan to set municipal bus and subway fares higher for tourists to help ease congestion on public transport.

In the hills above Kobe, Japan's fifth largest city (pop. 938,200), is the twelve-year-old, $3,471,600 gigantic Kita-machi Reservoir. On the southern part of the main Japanese Island of ...

A new study says that Japan’s Kyoto is the most popular religious tourism destination worldwide, followed by Varanasi in India and Vatican City in Italy.

Kyoto had always been a popular destination for domestic travelers. Before Japan opened to the world in 1851, pilgrims trekked from around the country to visit its more than 2,000 temples and shrines.

Margret Ogonyo, 57, and Alice Aomo, 47, have lived for decades in fear of floods. Each rainy season, floods destroy their crops, sweeps away their livestock and houses, and most critically ...

TOKYO — Thousands of people in southern Japan remained cut off Sunday by floods and mudslides triggered by torrential rains that have killed at least 26 people, local authorities said.